Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko earlier said the Russian Defense Ministry has already opened channels for coordination with the western coalition in Syria

MOSCOW, September 30. /TASS/. The newly established coordination center in Iraq will be coordinating Russia's strikes on the positons of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, Syrian Ambassador in Moscow Riyad Haddad told TASS on Wednesday.

"The coalition of the United States and their allies has failed," the diplomat said. "The IS geographical territory is expanding, they have seized and continue seizing more and more cities and villages, the number of terrorists is increasing exponentially."

"The coordination center in Iraq will coordinate strikes on IS positions," Haddad said.